Buckhannon Academy Elementary School

Buckhannon Academy Elementary School is a sprawling K-5 school in Buckhannon, West Virginia, one of the schools within Upshur County Schools. The school enrolls 487 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 72% larger than the state mean of about 283.

Upshur County Schools runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 3,385 students. Buckhannon Academy Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Buckhannon Academy Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Buckhannon Academy Elementary School logs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Upshur County indicate the typical household earns roughly $54,338 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Buckhannon Academy Elementary School is one of 10 public schools in Upshur County (combined enrollment of about 3,385 students).

The closest other public school is B-U Middle School, roughly 1.1 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Buckhannon Academy Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Buckhannon Academy Elementary School has declined 12%, going from 554 students in 2018 to 487 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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